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Frame shifts and catastrophic events: The attacks of September 11, 2001, and New York Times's portrayals of Arafat and Sharon

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Quantitative content analysis of 1 year of editorials and news coverage of the leaders of Israel and Palestinian territories in The New York Times that examines the hypothesis the major global events such as the September 11 attacks is presented. The evidence partially supports frame shifting but indicates that frames also become more diverse rather than echo dominant views and merits detailed scholarly attention.

Washington, History, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001

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Third-person effects in the aftermath of terrorism

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It was examined whether exposure to terrorist-related television stories, third-person perceptual bias and two viewer social attitudes- fear and faith in others, work in concert to predict support for restrictions aimed at combating terrorist activity. There was no direct link between third-person perceptual bias and support for policies aimed at combating terrorism.

Perceptual learning

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Motivation for watching television violence and viewer aggression

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The direct and indirect links between audience predictors and aggression outcomes are examined. It is also examined whether the motivation for watching television violence explains viewer aggression and considered the contribution of individual viewer differences and viewer involvement.

Analysis, Influence, Television viewers, Violence in television, Television violence

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